Cinema of Palestine

Cinema of Palestine
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Cinema of Palestine

List of Palestinian films

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Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support.^[1] Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew.^[2] It is believed that there have been over 800 films produced about Palestinians, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and other related topics.^[3]

1 Notable directors
2 Notable films
3 Notable film festivals
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
8 Literature

Notable directors

Notable films

Main article: List of Palestinian films

They Don't Exist[1]
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) (Best First Film Prize at the 1996 Venice Film Festival)
Divine Intervention (2002).
Arna's Children (2003)
Paradise Now. (2006 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film winner)
The Color of Olives (2006)
Iron Wall (2006)
Goal Dreams (2006)
First Picture (2006)

Notable film festivals

References

^ 'We have no film industry because we have no country' April 12, 2006, The Guardian
^ Palestine Film Foundation
^ Palestinian Revolution Cinema Comes to NYC, by Emily Jacir 16 February 2007, The Electronic Intifada

External links

Dreams of a Nation, an independent project founded to provide resources and information on Palestinian cinema. Based at Columbia University, USA.

History and Trends in Palestinian Filmmaking

Literature

Dabashi, Hamid, and Said, Edward (preface) (2006): Dreams Of A Nation: On Palestinian Cinema, Verso Books, London, United Kingdom, ISBN 1844670880
Gertz, Nurith; Khleifi, George (2008): Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory, Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253220076

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Lists of films • Years in film • By Country • By Genre • By Language

Africa (list)	Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Congo • Egypt • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Ivory Coast • Libya • Madagascar • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • Senegal • Somalia • South Africa • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Zaire • Zambia • Zimbabwe

Americas	Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Guadeloupe • Haiti • Jamaica • Martinique • Puerto Rico • Trinidad and Tobago Latin America: Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Ecuador • Guatemala • Guyana • Honduras • Mexico • Nicaragua • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela North America: Canada (Quebec) • Greenland • U.S.A.

Asia (list)	East Asia: China (Hong Kong • Macau) • Japan • Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan South Asia: Afghanistan • Bangladesh (Bengali) • Bhutan • India (Assamese • Bengali • Bollywood • Kannada • Kollywood • Malayalam • Marathi • Tollywood) • Nepal • Pakistan (Kariwood • Lollywood • Pashto) • Sri Lanka Southeast Asia: Burma • Cambodia • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam West Asia: Armenia • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Cyprus • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kuwait • Kyrgyzstan • Lebanon • Palestine • Qatar • Russia • Saudi Arabia • Soviet Union • Syria • Tajikistan • Turkey • Turkmenistan • U.A.E. • Uzbekistan • Yemen

Europe (list)	Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia-Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Kazakhstan • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine • United Kingdom (Scotland Wales) • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • Fiji • New Zealand • Papua New Guinea • Tonga

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